Feb. 5, 2013

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Nate and Elizabeth Searcy were shocked Monday afternoon when their daughter Shaylyn, who has Down Syndrome, arrived home from school with her feet and ankles heavily wrapped with duct tape.

The 8-year-old girl, who attends Westlake Elementary School in Wayne Township, could not even stand up and walk down the aisle of the bus, said her mother, Elizabeth Searcy, 29.

"She said, 'I can't. It hurts.' So we had to carry her off the bus," Searcy said. "She had duct tape all the way from her feet up around the tops of her ankles. And it was industrial duct tape. It literally pulled fabric off her socks and ...